February 2 DVD roundup

Biggest title this week: “Zombieland.” Also “Amelia,” “Cold Souls,” “Love Happens,” “New York I Love You,” “Gentlemen Broncos.” Plenty of BD reissues as well: “The Last King of Scotland,” “To Live and Die in L.A.,” “Mystic River,” “The Music Man,” “Mona Lisa Smile,” “Maid in Manhattan,” “Walk The Line.” Several TV shows as well: “Mary Tyler Moore,” “Beverly Hills 90210,” lots of British TV.

Usual rules apply: synopses are taken from the press releases, snarky commentary is extra, and preview links go to Apple.com. And just in case you were wondering, the DVD prices are the listed retail prices. You can get them cheaper if you buy at discount stores or online.

Hugh Dancy plays the title character, a charming, handsome autistic; who falls in love with brainy, beautiful teacher Beth (Rose Byrne). Sounds like a Valentine for nerds and differently-abled people. Extras: commentary, deleted/alternate scenes, two featurettes.

Air Bud: Golden Receiver Special Edition

Disney, 90 minutes, G, $29.99

Sequel to the first “Air Bud” has the talented Golden Retriever trading in hoops for football when his owner becomes the new high school quarterback. Drama ensues when two evil Russian circus owners dognap Buddy. Extras: the puppy Buddies in an “instant replay” featurette, dog whistle.

Hillary Swank stars as the famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart, documenting her love and dreams as she attempts to be the first woman to fly around the world. Richard Gere stars as her husband, George Putnam. Extras: deleted scenes, making of featurette, Movietone News episodes. BD adds two more featurettes.

Beverly Hills 90210: The Ninth Season

Paramount, 1146 minutes, 6 discs, $59.98

Ninth season of the ensemble drama. Aren’t these guys already out of college yet? No extras listed.

Circle of Eight

Paramount, 83 minutes, not rated, $14.98

Jessica (Austin Highsmith) moves into an old building in downtown L.A. and is welcomed into the bohemian lifestyles of her fellow tenants. But when she starts seeing horrifying deaths, things get tricky. Extras: three featurettes.

Paul Giamatti plays himself as an actor with a heavy soul. He goes to a doctor that extracts and stores souls and undergoes the procedure. His life gets even worse despite his new freewheeling nature, so he goes back to get his soul reinstalled. However, it’s been sold on the Russian black market. Now he has to go looking for it. Sounds like a film for those who thought “Being John Malkovich” didn’t go far enough. Extras: slideshow featurette, deleted scenes.

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey

Universal, 81 minutes, G, $19.95

Sequel to the 2006 animated film has George traveling coast-to-coast to reunite a homesick elephant with her family. Extras: two new episodes from the TV show, interactive game music video, coloring pages/wallpapers.

Doc Martin: Series 3

Acorn Media, 323 minutes, 7 episodes, 2 discs, $39.99

British sitcom has a crusty old doctor moving from being a successful London surgeon to town doctor for a seaside Cornish fishing village. Sounds like a cross between “Northern Exposure” and “House.” Extras: cast trivia, filmographies.

Doctor Who: The Complete Specials

BBC Video, 311 minutes, 5 discs

DVD: $49.98

BD: 62.48

Five “David Tennant” specials, including “The Waters of Mars,” “The End of Time, Parts 1 and 2,” “The Next Doctor” and “Planet of the Dead.” Extras: lots of featurettes and specials. Note: “Waters of Mars” is available separately on DVD: $14.98/BD: $18.74; and “End of Time” on DVD: $24.98/BD: $30.98.

Elmo’s World: Let’s Play Music

Sesame Street/Warner Bros., 52 minutes, $12.99

More segments starring the lovable red 3-year-old Muppet from Sesame Street as he explores the world from his room. Extra: 16-page downloadable activity booklet.

The Evelyn Waugh Collection

Acorn Media, 233 minutes, 2 discs, $39.99

Two British telefilms based on two of Evelyn Waugh’s darkly humorous novels: “A Handful of Dust” has an upper-crust marriage coming undone after the wife (Kristen Scott Thomas) begins an affair with an “idle young rake” (Rupert Graves). “Scoop” is the story of a nature columnist (Michael Maloney) who gets transferred to the role of war correspondent in an African bush war. Extras: bio of Waugh, cast filmographies.

Loner Benjamin Purvis (Michael Angarano) has his story stolen by a pretentious fantasy author at a writers camp. One of the lowest rated films of the year, scoring only 16 percent on the Tomatometer. You have been warned. Extras: outtakes, deleted scenes, commentary, behind-the-scenes featuette. BD adds 16 mini-documentaries with the cast.

Forrest Whittaker won an Oscar for his portrayal of the notorious Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in this film, told from the point-of-view of Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), the young Scotsman who becomes Amin’s personal physician. Extras: deleted scenes, featurette.

Self-help guru (Aaron Eckhart) comes to Seattle to teach a seminar and meets florist (Jennifer Aniston). Can two people that are right for each other find love at the wrong time? In a word, “Duh.” Extras: featurette, commentary. BD adds BD-Live capacity.

Maid in Manhattan

Sony, 105 minutes, PG-13, $24.95 (BD)

Jennifer Lopez is a maid in a ritzy Manhattan hotel, struggling to support her young son. One day, a Senatorial candidate (Ralph Fiennes) mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. When her true identity is revealed, romantic comedy begins. Extras: BD-Live capacity, blooper reel.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season Six

Fox, 600 minutes, 24 episodes, 3 discs, $29.98

Sixth season of the long-running series starring Mary Tyler Moore as a brash television news secretary. No extras listed.

A Mind to Kill: Series 1

Acorn Media, 596 minutes, 6 episodes, 3 discs, $59.99

British detective series has old-school Welsh cop Noel Bain (Philip Madoc) taking on newer, more horrific crimes while trying to raise and protect his teenage daughter from the ugly world that is out there. Extras: production notes, cast filmographies.

Mona Lisa Smile

Sony, 117 minutes, PG-13, $24.95 (BD)

Julia Roberts is an art history professor who is book smart but doesn’t know much about romance. Extras: BD-Live capacity, art forum, two featurettes, music video.

The Music Man

Warner Bros., 151 minutes, G, $28.99 (BD debut)

The 1962 musical gets a BD release. Robert Preston is the upbeat charlatan who promises to teach a small-town boys band his “think method.” Extras not announced at press time.

Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Eleventh Season

Universal, 1,051 minutes, 21 episodes, 5 discs, $49.98

More adventures of murder mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) as she solves cases from Cabot Cove to Martinique. Extras: two bonus episodes from Season 12.

Mystic River

Warner Bros, 133 minutes, R, $28.99 (BD debut)

Clint Eastwood directed this film about three childhood friends (Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon) in working-class Boston who are drawn together as adults after one of them (Penn) has a daughter that is murdered. Penn and Robbins won Oscars for their roles. Extras not announced at press time.

Ten directors create 10 intertwined vignettes traveling though the boroughs and neighborhoods of NYC, with a large cast of big-name actors (too many to list here). No extras listed.

She-Wolf of London: The Complete Series

Universal, 943 minutes, 20 episodes, 4 discs, $39.98

American grad student Randi Wallace (Kate Hodge) is bitten on the English moors and is now a werewolf. Now she and handsome mythology professor Ian Matheson (Neil Dickson) are searching for a cure. Yeah, I never heard of it either. No extras listed.

To Live and Die in L.A.

Fox, 116 minutes, R, $24.99 (BD debut)

Secret Service agent (William L. Petersen) goes rogue in an attempt to take down a murderous counterfeiter (William Dafoe). Features a serious car chase through the streets of L.A. Extras: standard DVD of the film, deleted scenes, alternate ending, making-of documentary, commentary, photo gallery.

Universal Soldier: Regeneration

Sony, 97 minutes, R

DVD: $24.96

BD: $34.95

Years after being decommissioned, UniSol Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is reactivated and retrained after a group of UniSols take over the burned out Chernobyl nuclear reactor and issue extortion demands. Leading them is UniSol Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren), reanimated and upgraded. No, I can’t believe they dusted this one off either. Extras; commentary, featurette. BD adds BD-Live/movieIQ.

Walk The Line

Fox, 135 minutes, PG-13, $29.99 (BD debut)

Biopic of Johnny Cash and June Carter as they revolutionize music. Extras: commentary, deleted scenes, extended musical sequences, music videos, three featurettes.

Wanda Sykes: I’ma Be Me

HBO, 90 minutes, $19.97

Second HBO special from Sykes, addressing topics ranging from the election of Barack Obama, coming out, becoming a new mom, a bikini wax, keeping in shape and working as an entertainer on a gay cruise. No extras listed.

The Wolf Man (Special Edition)

Universal, 70 minutes, 2-discs, $26.98

Lon Chaney Jr. is the man with a full-moon curse in the original Universal horror classic. Extras: commentary, six featurettes.

After a virus turns nearly everyone else in the world into flesh-eating zombies, four survivors band together and make their way to an L.A. amusement park. Actually, I watched it the other night, and found it pretty hilarious, especially Woody Harrelson as the Twinkie-addicted zombie killer. I’ll be posting a full review this weekend. Extras: commentary, deleted scenes, two featurettes, visual effects reel. BD adds picture-in-picture commentary, BD-Live/movieIQ.